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Real estate agents and brokers in Essex County, NJ
How Essex County, NJ compares with other counties and the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #371 of 2,176 scored counties
#10 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey
- Listings
- 864
- 26 chain locations (3%)
- Official establishments
- 171
- +10.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $6.1B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $19,013 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 129
- 29% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 27.0
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 896,379
- +4.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 864 real estate agents and brokers in Essex County. Chain locations make up 3% of them, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 27.0, 12% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.
Households in Essex County spend about $6.1B a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $19,013 per household, 14% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 29% above the U.S. figure. That figure is all rent and homeowner costs, used as a measure of housing demand; it is not money real estate agents and brokers take in.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Essex County was 171 in 2023, up 10.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,870 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $625K have gone to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Essex County.
Population estimates put the population change in Essex County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For real estate agents and brokers, Essex County has a Groundwork market score of 65 (upper middle): #371 of 2,176 scored counties and #10 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Essex County compares
The same measures for New Jersey and the whole U.S. Housing spending per listing divides all rent and homeowner costs by the listings counted: a measure of housing demand for each business, not money any of them take in, so it is shown against the U.S. (100) only. Households per establishment divides households by the official count.
| Measure | Essex County | New Jersey | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 27.0 | 29.5 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 129 | 127 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,870 | 1,515 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +10.3% | +1.2% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.2% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $19,013 | $20,430 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $80,789 | $103,556 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 82 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 155 → 171+10.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 612
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $45.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 86426 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1,115The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 6
- Amount
- $625K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in Essex County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Essex County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 896,379+4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 319,788
- Median age
- 38.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 45%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.3
- Land area
- 126 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 6,845
- Median household income
- $80,789+31.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $131,554
- Median home value
- $524,100
- Jobs located here
- 362,597
- Daytime population
- 843,719Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New Jersey market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in New Jersey for real estate agents and brokers, numbered among those based in New Jersey, with Essex County marked.
Top counties in New Jersey
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Warren County, NJ | 90 | 46 | 10.1 | 351 | +3.2% | #1 of 2,176 |
| 2Salem County, NJ | 80 | 38 | 15.3 | 215 | +2.3% | #27 of 2,176 |
| 3Sussex County, NJ | 74 | 147 | 25.4 | 152 | +2.9% | #115 of 2,176 |
| 4Middlesex County, NJ | 73 | 632 | 20.5 | 187 | +2.6% | #137 of 2,176 |
| 5Hunterdon County, NJ | 71 | 149 | 29.3 | 145 | +2.3% | #198 of 2,176 |
| 6Camden County, NJ | 70 | 445 | 22.0 | 157 | +2.4% | #223 of 2,176 |
| 7Hudson County, NJ | 68 | 635 | 21.2 | 171 | +1.8% | #282 of 2,176 |
| 8Passaic County, NJ | 67 | 403 | 22.5 | 155 | +1.6% | #307 of 2,176 |
| 9Cumberland County, NJ | 66 | 125 | 23.2 | 133 | +2.2% | #338 of 2,176 |
| 10Essex County, NJ | 65 | 864 | 27.0 | 129 | +4.2% | #371 of 2,176 |
Other business types in Essex County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
- Real estate57
- Real estate agents and brokers65
- Property management63
- Mortgage brokers and lenders81
- Home inspectors79
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in Essex County, NJ?
There are 864 real estate agents and brokers on map listings in Essex County as of September 2026. 26 of them (3%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 171 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023, up 10.3% from 2019.
How much do households in Essex County, NJ spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $6.1B a year, or $19,013 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 864 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 29% above the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money real estate agents and brokers take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 319,788 households in Essex County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Essex County, NJ compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
Essex County has 27.0 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 129, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Essex County would have about 1,115, against 864 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,870 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +20.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Essex County, NJ growing?
Population estimates put Essex County at 896,379 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 319,788 households. The median household income in Essex County is $80,789 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.3% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Essex County scores 65 for real estate agents and brokers (upper middle), #371 of 2,176 scored counties.
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